Harness-buckle.



G. SGHOENBERGER.-

HARNESS BUKLE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 11, 1900.411BNEWBD MAY 25, 1910.

963,078. Patented Ju1y5, 1910.

f union GEORGE SCI-IOENBERGER, 0F LONGBEACH, CALIFORNIA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

Application Afiled June 11, 1909, Serial No. 501,621.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Renewed May 25, 1910.V Serial No. 563,402.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn SoHoENBnneuR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Longbeach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rIhis invention relates to a harness buckle and has for its object to provide a buckle especially adapted for securing the front end of a trace with the breast band.

A further object of the invention is to provide a buckle construction which will more. securely hold the trace as the pull upon the trace is increased.

lilith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of the buckle; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a top edge view of Fig. 1; Figs. 4: and 5 are transverse sections taken on lines t-1 and 5-5, respectively, of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of the invention, 1 denotes the trace, 2 the guard of the breast band 3 which receives the front end of the trace and 4 the buckle. In practice, the buckle comprises a U-shaped frame 5 provided at opposite ends with slotted enlargements 6, the slot-s of which receive the opposite ends of a connecting pin 7 which is headed at opposite ends, as at 8. The central portion, as 9,'of the sliding frame is provided with a pin 10 which passes through one of the eyes 11 formed in the front end of the "trace 1. A U-shaped bail 12 has its opposite ends engaged with the ends of the connecting pin 7 and is provided at its central portion 13 with a pin 14: which passes through one of the eyes of the trace.

: The side pieces 15 of the sliding frame are recessed, as at 16, to receive the side pieces 17 of the bail 12, and the sliding frame is provided with a clamping plate 18 which extends between these side pieces and is adapted to clamp the inner face of the trace. To connect the trace with the buckle the outer end of the pivoted bail 13 is swung out to its farthest limit which slides the frame 5 inwardly. llVith the sliding frame and pivoted bail in this position the front end of the trace is passed therethrough into the casing 2. The pin 111 is then engaged with one of the eyes 11 of the trace and the tra-ce then pulled upon, which causes this frame 5 to rst slide out and then swing in, bringing the pin 10 into engagement with another of the eyes of the trace. lVhen the above-mentioned members are in this position a portion of the trace is clamped between the bail 13 and clamping plate 18 and the harder the pull upon the trace the greater will be the clamping action of the bail and plate upon the faces thereof. To disengage the trace from the buckle the operator pushes upon the front of the trace which swings the bail 13 outward to its farthest limit and while the bail is thusV swung out, owing to the engagement between its side pieces and the recesses in the side pieces of the frame, the latter is swung outward and then slid inward. When the members are in this position the pin 10 is out of engagement with the eye of the trace with which it was engaged, while the pin and the bail may be readily disengaged from the trace and the latter withdrawn.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A buckle for connecting a trace to a breast band comprising an approximately U- shaped frame having terminal longitudinally slotted enlargements, a connecting pin passing through the slotted enlargements of said frame, a pin carried by the cross piece of the frame and adapted to engage one of the eyes of the trace, a pivoted bail having its ends rigidly attached to the connecting pin and its side pieces working between and slidably engaged with the side pieces of the sliding frame and its cross piece extending across the outer face of the trace and a pin projecting from the cross piece of the bail and adapted to engage another of the eyes of the trace, the sliding engagement between the side pieces of the pivoted bail and sliding rame being such that when the former is swung out the latter is first slid in and then swung out and its pin disengaged from the trace.

2. A trace buckle of the class described, comprising an approximately U shaped frame having its ends pivotally and slidably connected with the breast band and provided at its central portion with a trace en- Y gaging pin, an approximately U-shaped bail having its ends pivotally connected with the breast band, its side pieces passing between and slidably engaged with those of the sliding frame a trace engaging'pin project;

ing from its cross piece, a clamping plate eX- 2l GEORGE SCHOENBERGER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE H. BLoUNT, EDWARD Ti-IoRNTHwAIT. 

